In the house of King Henry the VIII Tuesday 22nd December

From the pen of Remus Brasier at 8:56 pm on Tuesday the 22nd December 2015.

King Henry the eighth was and probably still is the most famous King in English history.  He invented the Church of England, came up with the British navy and revolutionised the British army.  An athletic man in his earlier years and a food eating machine in his later ones (don't tell him I said that, he might cut my head off!), Mr Henry Tudors life would be an interesting one to live.  And to find out more about it, what better place do so than the location of where he lived: Hampton Court Palace!

Hampton Court Palace looks amazing.  Residing just next to a clear, beautiful river and sporting lush greenery just adds to its visual grandness.  When we entered the massive mansion, we headed to the information office where we all (except Rafferty, because he was a bit cranky this morning) put on coloured robes.  Mine was purple, indicating I was king.  Dad chose green and so did mum, making them prince and princess. First we headed to the Kings hall where the higher ranking servants and visiting lords would eat but the King would eat in his private apartments which we got to see later on.  Nevertheless, it looked very grand with massive tapestries and on the table cloth was the standard Tudor list of eating manners.  Then we moved on to see the kitchens and they were quite interesting.  They were a lot of different pots and pans of all shapes and sizes.  But they needed that much.  To feed not only the King and the queen but the advisors, servants and maids they would be on their feet working ALL day.

Later after we were finished at the palace we got something to eat and drink we went to the maze and it was complete and utter disappointment.  So, we headed back to the station and went back to the place we have been staying at.

King Henry certainly lived in style and Hampton court palace seems like a perfect sample of that.

That night mum and dad went out to dinner at a flash restaurant and Felicity took us to Honest Burgers for dinner, I loved the mint lemonade